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Things that irk you......

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Apr 20, 2017.

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  1. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    Or don't go to Walmart.
     
    Flip Wilson, Mar 26, 2018
    #1201
    misterbc and Dog8Cats like this.
  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    This is where I'm at with two exceptions: I'm buying alcohol/cold medication (law forbids they be sold at self checkouts) or if I have more than 15 or so items. The latter is more because I can't stand it when I have two things and all the lanes are used by people doing a month's worth of shopping in one go. If your cart is over flowing, go find a regular lane. If you can't understand the concept of scanning a barcode and placing it in the bag area or how to pay without help, go find a cashier lane and GTFO of my way.
     
    Spartan Squad, Mar 26, 2018
    #1202
  3. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    I like places that employ people, wait the extra couple minutes.
     
    JC, Mar 26, 2018
    #1203
    TigerVols and expendable like this.
  4. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    I try to do that, unless time won’t allow.
     
    expendable, Mar 26, 2018
    #1204
  5. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Do you do that with gas too?
     
    Guy_Incognito, Mar 26, 2018
    #1205
  6. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    I would if there was full serve where I live.
     
    JC, Mar 26, 2018
    #1206
  7. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    Kroger's has the same thing ... "about 15 items."
    Close enough.
     
    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Mar 27, 2018
    #1207
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    For what it is worth there is little "full service" about full service stations compared to what they were when they got that name.

    We fill up in New Jersey a lot, where full service is mandated by law (politicians messing around with the market for graft and not allowing demand to actually determine this). You usually sit there and wait 10 minutes sometimes for a guy to come and pump the gas, when you could have done it immediately by yourself and been back on the road. If my windows are dirty, I get out of the car and wash them myself. If I want to check the air in my tires, I pull over to a machine, drop money in and do it myself., etc. And whatever cost that law adds onto the price of gas, not only gives me no benefit, it costs me in time usually.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 27, 2018
    #1208
  9. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    All true, but the gas is still cheaper than anywhere else I go.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Mar 27, 2018
    #1209
  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Not be as much as it used to be. :( They raised their gas taxes last year and it has made a big difference. But yeah, we are driving through NJ between New York and Philly a lot, so we do a lot of filling up along the way.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 27, 2018
    #1210
  11. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Is your car built by hand? I read woodblock printed books only.
     
    justgladtobehere, Mar 27, 2018
    #1211
  12. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    A new Walmart irk: With the advent of the whole online shopping push, there are employees with big carts in the aisles filling orders in addition to customers, sometimes in those motorized carts, out-of-control kids, etc.

    I think that it’s a plot to drive me out of the store and to the Internet to do my shopping.
     
    Last edited: Mar 27, 2018
    Oggiedoggie, Mar 27, 2018
    #1212
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